Warren County Iowa Genealogical Society

 

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    Darrell A. PARKINS

     Darrell A. PARKINS bought Stone’s Hardware in Lacona in 1933 and sold it to Dale OSENBAUGH in 1956. He bought the first TV in Lacona in 1949, a Raytheon with 12” round screen. The cost was approximately $600. (Source: Chronology of the early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith HEEMSTRA and John FORD sometime around 1980.)